Arch Enemy chose Berlin to open their Back To The Root Of All Evil 2026 run, and the choice of Bi Nuu said everything about the intent. This was a deliberate move into smaller rooms — intimate, close, and a long way from the festival stages the band has occupied in recent years.
The show started at 21:00, doors at 20:00. No elaborate production, no distance between band and crowd. Bi Nuu is a club, and Arch Enemy booked it knowing exactly what that means.
The timing made the Berlin date more than just a tour opener. Lauren Hart had recently been confirmed as the band’s new frontwoman, stepping in after Alissa White-Gluz’s departure. That made this show the first real live test of what Arch Enemy looks and sounds like now — and Berlin got it first.
The lineup change was the story going in. How Hart would carry the vocal identity of a band this established, in a room this small, was the question the night had to answer. There was nowhere to hide.
Demand for the Berlin date was strong for a venue of this size. With only two German stops on the entire run, local interest was concentrated, and the compact room would have felt it. A packed Bi Nuu and a band with something to prove is a reliable formula for intensity.
No full production report exists for the night. What is clear is that the club format was a deliberate creative choice — the tour’s name, Back To The Root Of All Evil, signals exactly that. Less staging, more band.
Berlin was the first night of a run that stretched through August and across several countries. For a band navigating a significant lineup change, that opening show carries weight that a mid-tour date simply doesn’t. Whatever happened at Bi Nuu on 19 July set the tone for everything that followed.
